Wildfire in Fresno County, California

Wildfire August 6, 1997 – August 14, 1997 · Fresno County, California

$1.9M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Named the "Choke Fire" it burned more than 3900 acres in the high country of the Southern Sierra Nevada in the Sequoia National Forest. It was a lightning caused fire from thunderstorms associated with monsoonal moisture.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5608839. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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